A drug taker caught in the act tried to EAT his stash of cannabis after seeing police walk up to his car in Hayes.

Abdirisak Hersi, 26, admitted the cannabis was his at Uxbridge Magistrates Court and must now pay a fine of £250.

Hayes Town Centre’s police account tweeted on Wednesday (November 28) along with Hersi’s picture: “If you lock yourself in your vehicle and try eat your stash we will still charge you and you will still be convicted.”

On September 3, at around 4pm, plain-clothes officers from Hayes Police Station stopped Hersi, who lives in Juniper Way, Hayes, while he was driving in Swift Close.

As officers approached his car, Hersi closed his window and locked the doors before trying to scoff away the evidence.